[Ethereum completes Fusaka upgrade, officially entering a twice-yearly hard fork cycle]
Ethereum’s 17th major upgrade, “Fusaka,” has been officially activated on the mainnet at epoch 411392 (around 5:50 AM Beijing time on Thursday), approximately 7 months after the Pectra upgrade in May. This upgrade not only brings multiple UX and scaling improvements but also marks Ethereum’s official entry into an accelerated development pace of “two hard forks per year.”
Consensys stated that Ethereum researchers will aim for two upgrades per year in the future. Since the 2022 Merge, Ethereum has typically undergone only one major update per year, namely Shapella (2023), Dencun (2024), and Pectra (2025).
Fusaka introduces several key technical changes, including a new sampling technology “PeerDAS” that impacts data availability and pricing. This upgrade includes a total of 9 core EIPs and 4 supporting EIPs, making it one of the largest upgrades in Ethereum’s history by some metrics.
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Ethereum completes Fusaka upgrade, officially moving to a twice-yearly hard fork schedule
[Ethereum completes Fusaka upgrade, officially entering a twice-yearly hard fork cycle]
Ethereum’s 17th major upgrade, “Fusaka,” has been officially activated on the mainnet at epoch 411392 (around 5:50 AM Beijing time on Thursday), approximately 7 months after the Pectra upgrade in May. This upgrade not only brings multiple UX and scaling improvements but also marks Ethereum’s official entry into an accelerated development pace of “two hard forks per year.”
Consensys stated that Ethereum researchers will aim for two upgrades per year in the future. Since the 2022 Merge, Ethereum has typically undergone only one major update per year, namely Shapella (2023), Dencun (2024), and Pectra (2025).
Fusaka introduces several key technical changes, including a new sampling technology “PeerDAS” that impacts data availability and pricing. This upgrade includes a total of 9 core EIPs and 4 supporting EIPs, making it one of the largest upgrades in Ethereum’s history by some metrics.